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September 03, 2016

4 types of memory and how to improve them for performance

4 types of memory and how to improve them for performance
Preparing for recitals is difficult especially when they happen often. I push students to always work on their memory of some piece. I tend to think of memory as a muscle that has potential to falter, but if it’s trained properly, it’s unlikely to mess up. The problems happen when students limit themselves to one or two forms of memory. So what types of memory are there? 1. "Muscle" memory – Although in reality, your muscles don't have memory, this is the memory of how it feels to do somethin...